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How does the CIA keep its IT staff honest?

How does the CIA keep its IT staff honest?

Be prepared to go through a lot of scrutiny if you want to work in the Central Intelligence Agency's IT department, says chief information officer Al Tarasiuk.

Records and payroll system, a tech success story

Records and payroll system, a tech success story

Acting as a central procurement agency, the NHS has successfully overhauled its management of staff records and payroll. Dr Simon Willcock tells Mark Chillingworth why ESR is a public-sector success story

Test automation: Making IT easier

Test automation: Making IT easier

"It used to take four people five days to test the software every month," says Kevin Bingham, vice president of IT at Arizona Federal Credit Union. "Now, we can do it in six hours."

E.on's roadmap to reduced energy consumption

E.on's roadmap to reduced energy consumption

Real business drivers for 'Green' or sustainable IT are now very clear, despite the industry hype and greenwashing. The question for CIOs and IT managers is not 'should I be doing something about Green IT' but 'how do I implement Green IT?'

Heathrow Terminal 5 chaos: RoundUp

Heathrow Terminal 5 chaos: RoundUp

Heathrow's Terminal 5 opening Thursday was plagued by IT problems, delayed flights and a protest at the London air hub.

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Tesco storm the US with Box offering

Tesco storm the US with Box offering

Grocery giant Tesco is creating a storm in the US market with its 'Tesco in a Box' set of systems. CIO takes a look inside the package with Tesco’s group technology director, Mike Yorwerth

Terminal 5 to put London back on map, says British Airways CIO

Terminal 5 to put London back on map, says British Airways CIO

With critics citing Heathrow Airport as a major black mark against London, BA’s CIO, Paul Coby, explains how Terminal 5 is set to put the capital back on the map

Transport Police ITIL project hits goal

Transport Police ITIL project hits goal

British Transport Police (BTP) has adopted IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) methodology and seen a dramatic improvement in the delivery of its IT programmes as well as end user satisfaction, according to CIO Andrew Watson.

Software fights Underground leaf problem

Software fights Underground leaf problem

One of London's most heavily used Underground lines can run more quickly during autumn, thanks to a software program that predicts the impact of an unlikely enemy: falling leaves.

Stena Bulk deploys disaster recovery for smooth sailing

Stena Bulk deploys disaster recovery for smooth sailing

As an international organisations that depends on up-to-the-minute business data through email and other applications, shipping company Stena Bulk has implemented a disaster recovery solution to avoid the devastating expense and risk of downtime.

Forrester: IT drives business change at Volkswagen

Forrester: IT drives business change at Volkswagen

A huge reorganisation of the IT organisation and a major systems consolidation at Volkswagen has seen the IT department take a leading role in transforming the business, explains chief technology officer Stefan Ostrowski

Web services revolutionise travel industry

Web services revolutionise travel industry

Web services allow dramatically improved customer services thanks to a degree of automation that is not possible with mainframe-based services.

Oracle goes down the drain in city’s water bill project

'No fault' settlement to sorry tale of the US city of Philadelphia's efforts to move its water billing system from 30-years old mainframes.

Want to cool your data centre? Plant greenery on the roof

The next step that one ISP intends to take to improve the energy efficiency of his data centre is to put a layer of earth on the roof.

Scottish banking organisation does double take

Ten thousand Scottish bankers rely on Double-Take replication between their chartered institute's data centres for disaster recovery.

Ghost in the machine

The story of the ghost server that almost crashed a network - and what its discovery said about the need to document and scan your LAN.

Linux desktop grows up, eyes corporate users

Public sector organisations in Europe are embracing Linux on the desktop - and they are not alone any longer.

Procter & Gamble finds IT innovation is best bet

Supporting sprawling business operations seamlessly across 86 countries would challenge any IT team, but at Procter & Gamble, a company known for innovation, even this is not enough. Since the IT organisation at the 169-year-old consumer products titan was merged into its shared services business in 2005, chief information officer and global services officer Filippo Passerini has challenged the IT team to live up to the company's reputation for creativity.

Procter & Gamble finds IT innovation is best bet

Supporting sprawling business operations seamlessly across 86 countries would challenge any IT team, but at Procter & Gamble, a company known for innovation, even this is not enough. Since the IT organisation at the 169-year-old consumer products titan was merged into its shared services business in 2005, chief information officer and global services officer Filippo Passerini has challenged the IT team to live up to the company's reputation for creativity.

Procter & Gamble finds IT innovation is best bet

Supporting sprawling business operations seamlessly across 86 countries would challenge any IT team, but at Procter & Gamble, a company known for innovation, even this is not enough. Since the IT organisation at the 169-year-old consumer products titan was merged into its shared services business in 2005, chief information officer and global services officer Filippo Passerini has challenged the IT team to live up to the company's reputation for creativity.

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